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To not realise these celebs were related?!

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FingertipSearch · 02/02/2026 19:08

Found out today that Chris Packham and Jenny Packham are siblings, as are Clare Balding and Gordon Ramsey. Learn something every day!

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Morepositivemum · 02/02/2026 22:21

Was listening to the radio the other day and a guy said he couldn’t believe he hadn’t known Pete wicks and Joe wicks were related- they said they’d never had the reaction they had saying but they’re not!!!

Pixilicious1 · 02/02/2026 22:21

This is the funniest thread I’ve ever read, keep ‘em coming!

Arlanymor · 02/02/2026 22:21

TakeTheCuntingQuichePatricia · 02/02/2026 22:19

The "black and white tile game" that sprang to mind was Othello, which made the rest of the comment momentarily confusing.

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I had forgotten about that game - we need a retro game thread!

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 02/02/2026 22:19

Gladys Knight was once married to David Van Day from Dollar.

Her full name was Gladys Knight Van Day.

TakeTheCuntingQuichePatricia · 02/02/2026 22:19

Arlanymor · 02/02/2026 22:06

I think so and they all share an uncle who taught them all how to play that black and white tile-based game of strategy? The name of which escapes me - either way, I think he runs a pizza empire now...

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The "black and white tile game" that sprang to mind was Othello, which made the rest of the comment momentarily confusing.

HelenaWaiting · 02/02/2026 22:19

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 02/02/2026 22:09

Mr & Mrs Gates has children called Five Bar, Security and Open. They don't talk to cousin Bill.

I've met their niece, Pearly.

TakeTheCuntingQuichePatricia · 02/02/2026 22:18

BunnyLake · 02/02/2026 22:09

Best not wonder. Thank goodness for the edit button. Would have been quite unwholesome if I’d missed the window. 😂

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Your original message is available to see. Maybe you need to Google James and Theresa May...

dapsnotplimsolls · 02/02/2026 22:18

Mansionscoldandgrey · 02/02/2026 22:17

Don't forget their brother, Russ.

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What an atmosphere when the three of them get together.

loobylou10 · 02/02/2026 22:17

My late MIL was convinced that Ronan Keating and Caron Keating were siblings

Mansionscoldandgrey · 02/02/2026 22:17

FightClubSoap · 02/02/2026 22:15

I remember reading on Twitter the astonishing news that Tony Abbott (former PM of Australia) is related to Diane Abott. Who’d have thought it!

Don't forget their brother, Russ.

FightClubSoap · 02/02/2026 22:15

I remember reading on Twitter the astonishing news that Tony Abbott (former PM of Australia) is related to Diane Abott. Who’d have thought it!

Mansionscoldandgrey · 02/02/2026 22:14

Pharrell Williams is Kenneth Williams son. My source for that was someone down the pub, so it's definitely true.

MrsMoastyToasty · 02/02/2026 22:12

Professor Alice Roberts is Margaret Thatchers (she was a Roberts before she married) Great niece.
Brian May from Queen is a cousin of Theresa May.

BlueEyedBogWitch · 02/02/2026 22:11

Mary Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen have never met. All their ‘appearances’ together are a result of clever splicing, after the resemblance was noticed by a theatrical agent who had them both on his books.

BunnyLake · 02/02/2026 22:09

TakeTheCuntingQuichePatricia · 02/02/2026 22:01

Umm....

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Best not wonder. Thank goodness for the edit button. Would have been quite unwholesome if I’d missed the window. 😂

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 02/02/2026 22:09

Mr & Mrs Gates has children called Five Bar, Security and Open. They don't talk to cousin Bill.

Arlanymor · 02/02/2026 22:09

AuntieLemonade · 02/02/2026 22:08

Bert and Ernie were lovers…

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I is for Incest.

AuntieLemonade · 02/02/2026 22:08

ItalianChineseIndianMexican · 02/02/2026 19:16

I raise you Peter Kay & Vernon Kay... Joe Wicks & Pete Wicks... Bert & Ernie.

Bert and Ernie were lovers…

Arlanymor · 02/02/2026 22:07

BlueEyedBogWitch · 02/02/2026 22:05

Pop Larkin and Philip Larkin are brothers, but Philip got fed up of the endless bucolic buffoonery and feasting in the garden, so he moved to Hull to pursue life as a professional miserable bastard.

He just didn't enjoy Larkin around did he?

Arlanymor · 02/02/2026 22:06

SchnizelVonKrumm · 02/02/2026 22:04

Have you heard of their cousin, Fat Boy Slim?

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I think so and they all share an uncle who taught them all how to play that black and white tile-based game of strategy? The name of which escapes me - either way, I think he runs a pizza empire now...

BlueEyedBogWitch · 02/02/2026 22:05

Pop Larkin and Philip Larkin are brothers, but Philip got fed up of the endless bucolic buffoonery and feasting in the garden, so he moved to Hull to pursue life as a professional miserable bastard.

SchnizelVonKrumm · 02/02/2026 22:04

Arlanymor · 02/02/2026 22:03

Fat Les's sister is thin and she's called Lizzy - she's into music too.

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Have you heard of their cousin, Fat Boy Slim?

Arlanymor · 02/02/2026 22:03

BlueEyedBogWitch · 02/02/2026 22:02

Woody Allen is the uncle of Keith Allen, and he directed the video for Fat Les’s ‘Vindaloo’.

Fat Les's sister is thin and she's called Lizzy - she's into music too.

BlueEyedBogWitch · 02/02/2026 22:02

Woody Allen is the uncle of Keith Allen, and he directed the video for Fat Les’s ‘Vindaloo’.

BlueEyedBogWitch · 02/02/2026 22:01

Tom Hardy is Oliver Hardy’s grandson, and they are both descended from Sir Thomas Hardy, whom Nelson snogged to death at the Battle of Trafalgar.